<p>I am taking this program at my school and was wondering what to expect just how hard is it? Everyone i talked to says it’s impossible but that doesn’t mean much.</p>
<p>There’s quite a lot of different Cambridge programmes, could you be a little more specific?</p>
<p>I am in the Cambridge Aice program at my school also, it is arguably HARDER than AP and IB
but it really depends on the teachers for example, AICE Chem (Organic) is impossible to get an A because of the teacher but AICE gives u college credit for things that AP can’t. Such as Sociology , International History, Food Studies, Geography, Law, etc etc
The catch is you have to take and pass at least 6 aice exams 1 being in each of the 3 sections they can be in.</p>
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<li>Mathematics and Science
2.Languages
3.Arts and Humanities</li>
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<p>I’m in the Cambridge Pre-U programme in NY. For me, it’s a lot of self-driven research, so the difficulty is whatever you make it be. If you want good grades, it’ll be hard. If you’re content with just getting by, it can be some free time to check Facebook or CC. It looks great for college applications if you put your all into it, though.</p>
<p>The top schools here offer Cambridge Pre-Us as an alternative to A levels, but they aren’t much harder than ordinary A levels, they just allow top students to get higher grades.</p>
<p>They just started offering AICE at my school, and I already applied (and assuming I got accepted in) to a writing class called General Paper 8004 (fancy, no?) Here it’s weighted the same as an AP class, so I’m assuming it’s a bit difficult.</p>
<p>^ I am taking General Paper next year. I’m excited c:</p>
<p>I’ve taken AICE classes since freshman year and am about to be a junior. Some AICE classes are extreeeemely easy, such as AICE General Paper or AICE Thinking Skills, if you have a decent teacher. Of course, any class would be difficult if you have a crap teacher. Personally I think a large proportion of AICE classes are easier than AP or IB (I haven’t taken IB but I’m inferring) However, some AICE classes are impossible, e.g. AICE Chemistry. Also, most AICE classes have multiple “papers” or sections of the exam you have to take on different days. For example, AICE Sociology has 3 papers, so you have to take three different parts of the test on three different days, if you miss one of the days you fail the entire exam and don’t get credit. The scoring for AICE exams goes A through E, and you only need about a 40% to get an E, so I think that’s what makes most AICE exams easier than APs. AICE isn’t nearly as widely recognized at universities, at least not in the US, as AP or IB, and where it is recognized you most likely have to get an A or B on the exam for it to be considered as college credit. NOW for some personal grievances: AICE and AP are counted with the same weighting at my school which really ****es me off. Why? Examples: Sophomores can take either AP World History or AICE International history. AP World covers nearly the entire span of human history, AICE International covers from the Cold War on. Same credit. Also, sophomores usually take AICE marine science, I took AP Chemistry instead because I don’t have any interest in marine science. Same credit. So people basically take many easy AICE classes to get the high HPA and become Valedictorian taking things like AICE Sewing.</p>
<p>^ Just because one curriculum covers a far shorter time span doesn’t mean that you have to know less stuff, or that it’s easier. It’s just a different way of learning about things.</p>